480 C. 12. Anno terdo GuLiELMi 6c Mari.«. A. D. 1691. in their Ipecial Seflions, fhall be colle<3ei and gathered by the faid Surveyor or Sun-eyors of the High- ways; and it any Perfon or Perlbns refufe to p::y the Alonies I'o ufleired on him or them, that then the fame ihall be levied by the Uid Sunxycrs by Diltrefs and S;ile of the Goods and Chattels of the Perfons lb refiiiing, rc.dering to the Party the 0erp!us, realbnable Chaiges for making the faid Diftrefs firft to be deducied. 5 El=t. c. t;. ' XIV. And whereas in purfuance of tlie Statute made in the fifth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Fines &iil bs « E.izuhth, many Parifhes and places are oftentimes prefented upon the Knowledge and 'iew of a Juftice raijntd ui:o "n fuch Prefcntments, and other Fines and IlTues for not repairing aiid amending the Highways, are re- turned into tiie Court of Ex::Lquir, or odier Courts, and fach Fines and Illues againft luch Parifhes for Ttyor; the £xc£<^iia'. ' turned into the Court of Excbrqiiir, or otlier Courts, and fach f- incs and illues againlt luch Parifhes for ' notamtnding their Highways, are leied en fome particular Inhabitants of fuch Farilhes or Places, and
- there being no Provifion maie for the making of a Rate to rei-r.burfe fuch particular Inhabitants ;' Be
it therefore further eniicled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Fuie, IlTue, Penalty, or Forfeiture, fliall hereafter be returned into the Court of Excb:-quer, or other Court, but fhall be levied and paid into the Har^ds of the Surveyors of fuch Parilh or Place, to be applied towards the Repair and Amendment of It Fine bM fuch Highway ; a:id that if any Fi:ie, Penalty, or Forfeiture, impofed on any Parifh or Place for not npoo cae tn- repairing the Highways, fhall hereafter be levied on any one or more of the Inhabitants of fuch Parilh or b^A^'^-* ^'^"^^J that then fuch' Inhabitant or Inhabitants fhall make his or their Complaint to the Juilices of the pjj^ "' "" Peace at their fpeciai Sedions, and the faid Juftices, or any two of them, are hereby impowered and au- thorized, by W^rrra-.t under their Hands and Seals, to caufe a Rate to be made, according to the Form and ilaimer aforefaid, for the reimburfmg fuch Inhabitaiit or Inhabitants the Clonics lb levied on him or them as aforefaid, which Rate lb made and confirmed by two Juftices, as aforefaid, fhall be collided and levied by the Surveyor, or Surveyors of the Highways of fuch Farilh or Place {o prefented or indicied as aforefaid, and the i^l Purveyor or Surveyors fhsll, within one !Month next after the making and confirm- ing the Rate aforefaid, pay unto the Inhabitant or Inhabitants fuch Money fo levied on him or them as aforefaid. AUCsrtXTjTs XV. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Surveyors of the Highways fliall and are to !>e S Foot jjereby required to m.ake every Cart-way leading to any Market- Town, eight Foot wide at the leaft, and '^-*" as near as may be, even and lee!. lah/pitecs X'L Provided always, and be it enacted bv the Authority aforefaid, that it fhall and may be lawful w*u ^KH *** ^"^^ ^^^ ^'^ Lihabitaiit of any of the Pariihes withui the weekly Bills of ^lortality, who dwells oft wte* Osxv Aer froo* t:he Pavement, or uies his Carts as well olt as upon the Pavement, and to and for any Brewer, and nu/oi. See I to and for any Scavenger, or other Perfon emploved in carr'ing awav the Dirt and Soil of the S-reets, W.'& M. E 2. Lanes, and Alleys, to make ufe of ai-.y Cart, Car, or Dray, with Vheels fhod -ith Iron, and narrow- c.S. §.19. Rep. gj jjjji-j j^x Inches in the Fellies, and dra^-n with more tlian nvo Florfes ; any Ail: of Parliament, Law,
- ^^*'*^53- or Ufage to the contrary in any wife nct-ithitandir;g.
jnitkss snaT ia X^'ll. And be it further enacted bv the Autiiority aforefaid. That where the Juflices of the Peace of SeScas crci-r anv County, City, Borough, or other "Place, or the major Part of them, at their General or Qiarter- an Aucficeat fefijons, fhall be fully fatisiied, that the common Highways, Cauf.vays, Bridges, Streets, or Pavements, '^ '^^ !5t*^-"' within any Parifli, i owiuhip, HamJet, or other Place within their refpeclive Jurifdicf ion, cannot other- ^1^^^ k/'^ wife be fufficiently amended, repaired, paved, cleanfed, and fupportsd, by means of the La^'S now in
- Geo. I. si:,z. Force, without the Help of this preient Aci, in all fuch Cafes, one or more Afleilinent or AllelTments up-
c 51. §, c. on all and every the Inhabitant;, Owners, and Occupiers of Lands, Hoiifes, Teiiemients, and Heredita- me.nts, or any perfonal Eftare ufually rateable to the Poor, within any fuch Parifh, Tov/nfhip, Hamlet, or oth-r Place, iboll be made, lex led, collected, and allowed bv fuch Peribn and Perfons, aivd in fuch Ilan- ner, as the tkid Julti:es by their Order at fuch Seflions fhall direcl and appoint in that Behalf 5 and the Money thereby ralfed fhall be employed and accounted for according to the Orders and Direvflions of die faid Jufllces, for and to«-ards the amending, repuiring, paving, cleanUng,_ and fupporting fuch Highways, Cauf.vavs, Streets, Paverr.enLS, and Bridget:, from Time to Time, as Need fhall require ; and the faid Aiieilments fhall be levied by Diilrcfs and Sale of the Goods cf e.-erj' Perfon fo alFeiled (not paying the fame within tea Days aiter Demand; rendering tlie Overplus of the Value of the Gcods fo di irained, to the Owner ajid Owners thereof ; the neceHkry Charges of making and felling fuch Diftrefs being firit de- ducted. Aaefficen' roc XVIII. Provided ncverthelefs, and be it enacied. That no fuch AffelTm.ent or Aflefirnents, to be made to exceed 6d. in Ja any One Year, fhall exceed the Rate of fix Peace in the Pound of the yearly Value of any Lands, the Pcaai. Houljss, Tenements, and Hereditaments fo auefTed, nor the Rata of fix Pence for twenty Pounds in per- ienal Eftate. FerSxis sEgner- XIX. Pro^nded always. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall find him or themfelves aggrieved with any e=^ ^TJ??«J ^ ASeilment cr Rate, or other Acf, by the faid Juilices of Peace, that then it fhall be lawful for the Juf- t:;e;££!aa=. lices of the Peace at their general Qurjrter-Sefiions, or the greater Number of them, to take fuch Order, therein as to them fhall be thojghr convenient, and the fam^e to conclude and bind all the faid Parties. Ptr&j! bereby XX. Provided alfo, 1 hat no Perfon ihall be puniihed for any Offence againft this Act, unlefs fuch Of-~ P°^'-^^^ff fender be profecuted for the fame within fix ilonths after the Offence committed; and that no Perfon, la fixMvrdis,' *'^^ fp" be puniDied for any O-Tence by virtue of this Aci, faall be puniCied for the fame Offence by «r.d pii.-asie virtue of any ether A3 or Law whatfbever. CD Kifr WiT. 2 XXI.
